Interactive Dinner Theater

Dinner Theater in the Mansion: Poe Evermore

The 32nd season of Poe Evermore brings an exciting new change to its format, following in the footsteps of Mount Hope’s Murder Mystery Dinner Theater’s annual success. Brilliantly spine-tingling performances blend with a four-course dining experience for The Theater in the Mansion season debut of Poe Evermore’s Dinner Theater. November 1-11, 2018.

Dates & Tickets

Join the characters of some of Poe's most famous tales as they strole about the historic Mount Hope Mansion. Dine within the decorated rooms of the haunted Mansion, and enjoy live performances of your favorite Edgar Allan Poe tales! Performances run Thursdays through Sundays, November 1—11, 2018 and are each roughly three hours in length. This year, Poe Evermore features two talented casts! Hover over the dates below to see which cast (orange or black) will perform!

Performance Availability

Hover over the dates in the calendar to see times and cast schedule (Desktop Only). Matinee Performances (1PM) are available Saturdays & Sundays while Evening Performances (7PM) are available each performance date.

Ticket Information

Please Note: Tickets to the 2018 performance of Poe Evermore are now Sold Out. We apologize for any inconvience. Interested in Dinner Theater at the Mount Hope Mansion? Learn more about the 2018 Holiday Dinner Theater or 2019 Murder Mystery.

Group Reservations

Discounts are available for groups of 15 or more through Mount Hope's Group Sales Department. This unique and exciting experience makes the perfect setting for our group outing! Private and/or mid-week performances can be scheduled for larger groups!

2018 Stories & Poems

Inside the imposing Mount Hope Mansion, visitors enter the world of Edgar Allan Poe, experiencing his tales recounted by those who have lived the stories, spinning tales of mystery, horror and suspense that guests to the Mansion will long remember.

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Theme, Stories & Poems

The fourth anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe’s death has come and gone, and the Sagacious Order of Ravens has once more gathered to mourn him and honor his legacy. Since the poet’s passing, the secret society has lost many members to their enthusiastic reenactments—there was the accidental burial incident, and then that episode with Oscar and the pendulum—but the Order has an amazing plan to reignite interest in their society! They have brought the famous trance medium Miss Lizzie Doten to Mount Hope in order to summon Poe’s spirit from beyond the grave! Miss Doten comes highly recommended, and there is no doubt that this evening’s ritual will shake even the most stoic of nonbelievers.

Enjoy the following stories & Poems during the 2018 Poe Evermore:

Hopfrog

Oblong Box

The Raven

Annabel Lee

Miscellaneous Poems

Cast Information

Interact with the talented cast members inside the imposing Mount Hope Mansion as they weave tales of mystery, horror and suspense table-side and on stage.

Chris Burch

Edgar Allan Poe

Orange Cast

Jessi Miller

Miss Lizzie Doten

Orange Cast

George Hamilton

Mr. Julius Bird

Orange Cast

Megan Jones

Miss Eleonora Duval

Orange Cast

Josh Kachnycz

Edgar Allan Poe

Black Cast

Sarah Palm

Miss Lizzie Doten

Black Cast

Andy Dennison

Mr. Julius Bird

Black Cast

Jordan Bell

Miss Eleonora Duval

Black Cast

Character Notes

Edgar Allan Poe - Himself

Miss Elizabeth (Lizzie) Doten - Actually claimed to have poems dictated to her from a dead Poe. Truly believes in her ability to channel spirits – takes everything as a sign.

Mr. Julius Bird - Co-founder of the Sagacious Order of Ravens. Skeptic. Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature. A little stuffy, blithely morbid, and devoted to literature and Poe’s mystery stories in particular.

Miss Eleonora Duval - Co-founder of the Sagacious Order of Ravens. The decision-maker. Poet and Literary Critic. Passionate and forward-thinking, views Doten’s mesmerism as an act of natural science. Once buried herself alive during a recitation of Poe’s work.

General Information

The event is located inside Mount Hope Mansion on the grounds of Mount Hope Estate, home of the PA Renaissance Faire. The street address is 2775 Lebanon Rd. Manheim, PA 17545. Poe Evermore kicks off on November 2 and continues through November 12, 2017. For more information on specific show times, please visit the Dates & Tickets Page.

The Mansion bar will be open for drink purchases during the duration of the performances. Select Swashbuckler Ales, Mount Hope Wines, Lancaster County Ciders, Signature Cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks will be available at the bar. Specific bar menu options will be available the day of the performance.

Please Note: If you are visibly intoxicated, we reserve the right to no longer serve you alcohol. If you become a disturbance during the performance, we will ask you to leave the Mansion without issuing a refund.

While the ticket price does not include gratuity, any tip left by you to the hosts is at your discretion. Like any restaurant, gratuities are a special way for you to acknowledge service provided to you and should refelct your satisfaction with the service.

You may carry your cell phone with you during the performance, but please make sure to turn it off as a courtesy to others. If you need to make or retrieve a call, please excuse yourself to our front porch for the duration of the call.

All sales are final. There are no refunds, exchanges, or cancellations.

Conditions of Ticket Sale

NO REFUNDS OR EXCHANGES. Event tickets are non-refundable, non-exchangeable and not for resale. Once a ticket has been scanned at the Front Gate upon entry, it is voided and no longer holds any value. The Faire does not monitor any guests’ level of participation or length of stay. Refunds are not available to guests who choose to leave. The bearer of an event ticket agrees to hold blameless and harmless Mazza Vineyards, Inc. or any of its affiliates, in the event of personal injury or loss or damage to property. The holder of the ticket assumes all responsibilities for any risk of bodily harm or loss of property sustained while attending the event, and waives all rights to lay claim for damages resulting from any cause whatsoever either before, during or after the event. You must be 21 or older to purchase or consume Alcohol.

Your ID will be verified before being served alcohol. Outside food, drink and pets are not permitted. You hereby consent to the reasonable search for alcoholic beverages, drugs, or firearms. You further consent to the use of your image or likeness incidental to any display, transmission, or reproduction of the event.

Management reserves the right to refuse admission or eject any person whose conduct is deemed by management to be disorderly or who fails to comply with the terms and conditions of these conditions of ticket sale.

It has become necessary to include a per ticket service fee for our event tickets in order to defray the rising costs of taxes and credit card processing. The fee also offsets the costs of consumables, ticket handling, and support. Service Fees are set online - $1.25/ticket, on site or telephone transactions - $2.00/ticket, and Season Passes - $2.50/pass (online, phone or on site).

Cars are permitted to stay parked in the lot overnight if the driver has been drinking and has found another way home. Camping is not permitted in the parking lot of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire.